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R i -5 TR g i e 2 SRR AP A EE T Az RS m e " gf- QL TSy Q y CLARENCE HERBERT NEW. ; [Copyright, 1897, by J. B. Lippincott Co.] | CHAPTER VlL—Continued. In this and our previous discussions we seemed to have covered every contingency, but now that we were upon the point of making a beginning in sober earnest our conflicting hopes and fears suggested innumerable complications. Presently I noticed that Halstead was looking at me intently. “Harry,” he said, “it has been a good many years since we saw each other fast. We were scarcely more than boys then; yet, to the best of my recollection, you were always square in everything you did. I'm not worrying for an instant over your taking advantage cf Mac and me in this deal. Butlam safraid that you may be inclined to take unnecessary risks in putting it through. Now, whatever happens, don’t. We want that money, and we want it badly, but we’d both rather have you back on the Countess here, safe and sound, even if you came empty-handed, than feel that you were likely to throw your life away in trying to make usrich. You won't do it, will you, old chap?” E “No, I won’t, Dick; and if I make a go of it, you and Mac will find me, as I used to be, ‘dead square.’” We gripped hands across the table, and felt better for doing so. In a few moments he got up, looked through one of the forward windows, and called my attention to what seemed like a cloud-bank on the horizon, straight ahead. , “There’s old Guajan,” he said. “The white patch you see in the middle is the surf on Cocos; and that furthest point to the left is Orote; Apra lies just behind it, and Agana beyond. There’s nothing but an open roadstead, with no holding ground, in front of the town; so we generally lie inside the reefs at Apra, about two miles from a little wharf at the end of the Agana road. We'll be abreast of Cocos in something over an hour. Wait until you can just see the surf through the starboard port, down aft, and then haul in your log. At’s an even 12 miles from Cocos to Orote.” : My feeling of anxiety may be imagined as I stood waiting, below decks, for that tip of coast line to come in sight. The loss of a taffrail log screw, from various causes, is a frequent occurrence; and I was greatly relieved to find the line still whirling every time the screw twisted it taut. To haul it in an instant too soon would be to. throw me more or less out of my reckoning, and each time the récording swivel buzzed I feared the end of Cocos might appear before it could register again; but luck was on my side. The patch of white surf and the registering twist came together, and after hauling in the line the dial marked exactly 43 miles. So that, adding the distance te Point Orote, T now knew the northerly limit of the reef lay just 55 geographical miles from the outer head of Port Apra. I stowed my log carefully away in its box, knowing that if others had happened to see the record they were-sure to be 15 miles out of their reckoning. Then I hunted up the senorita for a farewell chat, pointing out Umata bay and the different points alongshore as we passed. It was midafternoon when we rounded the point and began to whistle for a pilot. Either the captain or myself could have taken the steamer in with reasonable safety, from our knowledge of the soundings; but we were running no risks whatever.

: ‘CHAPTER VIIIL. . The port of San Luis d’Apra was depopulated during the smallpox epidemic of 1839, not a hut being left to show where the town stood; and had . not one of the native piiots been fish- - ing, two miles off shore, we might have wasted considerable steam before we - could have summoned one from Agana, four and a half miles away. The islanders were not expecting our arrival for another two weeks at least. We anchored safely, however, in 17 fathoms of water, and presently sawa boat putting off from the landing pier. The senorita and I were leaning over the rail near the accommodation ladder when the party pulled alongside, and we noticed with considerable interest that there were two ladies among them. The first gentleman to come aboard we judged, by his goldlaced uniform, to be the gobernador, Col. de Garma; and in this we were not mistaken. The ladies, with two of his staff, followed; and in one of them we recognized the original of Halstead’s picture—which, by the way, failed to do her justice. Then the party went below for wine and cigars while they chatted over port regulations, the cargo and the latest Manila gossip. After the formalities had been concluded, one of the stewards was sent on deck for the Palacios, Padre Sebastiano and myself; and our cordial greeting by the colonel’s party left nothing to be desired. . Halstead must have been- telling - Benorita Garma something about me, for she seemed to be making a shy but friendly examination of my face when we werc introduced, and when her father heard that I was to remain in Agana the hospitable manner in which - he placed his belongings at ‘my dis_posal was too sincere to be misunder- - gtood. Visitors from the outside world were at a premium. I noticed that Senorita Palacios seemed rather pre.occupied during the conversation, and when she presently carried the colo--nel’'s daughter off to her stateroom—- ~ for a mutual exchange of gossip and - confidenees, I suppose—she must have - dropped afev; hints which opened her eyes to certain things later. *ff ig%!wﬁhgﬁwas moreg surprised ﬁu he cared to admit when he found ~ that 1 had accepted an invitation to reﬁ?&%ﬁemadw on the - island, and Diaz also wondered why an “s'hould wish to gury . TOONERS; bt it afterward came out that 1 waa credited with being more of a im“mﬂn my intere s ergthened L SO P sonclusion the padre T onoared; i _ We were to be adversaiies, muy bueno;

we were at -our destination, and would soon know where we stood. My luggage, including the wooden chest, went ashore before dark, and, as the steamer could scarcely get away before the next evening, we made upa party to accept De Garma’s hospitality overnight. The drive to Agana, from the pier, we made in a bullock-cart resembling a carramata, but much larger and thatched with palm leaves, and upon our arrival found a most appetizing supper awaiting us. There is a tradition that Magellan and his fellownavigators left pigs and fowls upon every island in the Pacific, and the plentiful supply of this day rather confirms it. When the time came for retiring, I was: shown to comfortable quarters on the upper floor of the gobernador's house, between San Ramon barracks and the church of San Juan Letran, Senorita Dorotea acecompanying me as far as the door to assure herself that all my wants were provided for.

She was a charming creature, that girl, in spite of her ridiculously oldfashioned costume; and I was impatient to see her in more becoming clothes, as I knew I should when she had time to examine the contents of her box. We had left the criginal gowns where they were, fearing that her Manila letters might contzin a description of them. . Sunday morning we attended massin the church, and had a delightful drive across the hills to Umata. A ceremonious dinner at San Ramon quarters followed; then we all went aboard the steamer for a final visit with our friends before they left. I found an opporfunity to steal down into the en-gine-room, after supper, for a talk with Mac. His men had been busy all night unshipping odd bits of machinery from the wreck of the German tramp, which lay, about a quarter of a mile away, fast upon Luminan reef, and bolting three straps so obtained, around the Countess’ shaft. When we went into the alley to look at the repairs, he asked, with a comical wink, if I thought they would hold until the ship reached Manila. Then, when we ascended to his room for a parting glass, he said: ‘“Weel, Maister Stevvans, Haalstead an’ Aa hae done ower parrt sae weel as we c'u’d; an Aa trrust ye’ll be sicsaisfu’ wi’ yer ain. Aa dinna ken muckle aboot th’ maetter, but Aa’m aye reddy tae stan’ by ye baith whiles there’s braith left tae me. We'll be seein’ ye soon, Aa hoop. Here’s tae ye, mon.” What Mac said he meant; he was the kind of a friend a man likes to keep through life. When Irejoined the company in the saloon, they wcre chaffing Padre Sebastiano upon his coming trip to Saipan in a proa; and the gobernador unconsciously gave Halstecad the opening he was looking for by commenting upon the incivility of government in not providing for the padre’s \ A s~ = r’\ \ / Y teenan ) // - [ s > N = —_ ) B Saypattt 7 /——— s Y = 2 % P : , X = /’\P 7“\ BUT LUCK WAS ON MY SIDE. passage in a more comfortable manner. He agreed with the colonel, and, after a little hesitation, said that it might possibly be arranged without direct. instructions from headquarters. In replying to their questions, he said: “If both the gobernador and Padre Sebastiano will agree to hold me harmless in the matter, I think we might drop him at Saipan to-morrow morning. We completed our repairs several hours sooner than I expected, and I should be glad to accommodate our friend if he doesn’t mind writing to Manila a brief account of the accident.” “Senor Capitano, you are un generoso! I will the letter write to-night. You shall have no fear of un examincion at Manila. Santisima! have not I the casualidad myself seen?” “Muy bueno, padre; I will lland you safely at Tanapag in the morning. and, gobernador, I hope to see Guajan again before the compania’s regular boat resumes the service. I feel as though you people were old friends now, and when the Countess is withdrawn I may never happen to return; 80 I'd like to keep on running here until your term expires, anyhow.” “You do us la gran honra, capitano mio. We are made rich by your friendship; and it shall be that a word is ‘spoken in l'administracion de la compania. Villabos will cable Barcelona, }perhaps——” and so on, with many assurances of regard and influence, until ‘Halstead seemed in a fair way toward ‘ arranging matters as he chose. It was exceedingly well-handled, the whole affair.

Finally the whistle sounded, and we stepped into the boat alongside. Halstead said merely: “So long, old man, be good to yourself;” but there was a good deal in our parting handshake. Much wag to happen before we saw each other again. The pilot was so cautious in getting clear of the port that we were driving to Agana before he rounded Calalan bank; but as we approached the town the good old Countess, her lights reflected in the water, caught up with us and blew three long whistles by way of good-by. That night, in my quarters at the gobernador’s house, I tried to arrange a plan of action, going over and over the varicus points until my brain was in a whirl. Ibad little doubt of being able to find the reef, but it was a matter of considerable importance that I should do so as near the wreck as possible. For this reason it seemed obvious that an examination of the document in Fray Ignacio’s coffin was necessary. The church was in charge of Padre Bartolomeo and three brother priests; good-natured, easy-going churchmen they were, who could sing, drink rum, or wager their pesos upon a cock fight with the next man; and, as some one had mentioned a mass which was to be held at sunrise, I de-

termined to hear it. Anxious to be on time, I rose h.alg an hour too early, but was amply repaid by the freshness and quiet beauty of the little town. Looking north, a spur of hills cut off the view of the bay; and at their base flowed alittle creek which bounded the town on the east and north sides, crossed by two stone bridges, near the lower of which stood Fort San Rafael. Beyond the fort and alongshore to Port Apra, the view was open to the sea. On accourt of the shoal water for half a mile out, there was no surf, only ripples which shoaved the direction of the breeze. Between the church and the infantry quarters there was a small open square; and west of the barracks, between them and the artillery magazine, was a broad plaza which separated the bamboo native huts from the more pretentious buildings of coquina, or coral limestone, inhabited by the Spanish element. Outside of the town, the valley and hills were covered with tropical vegetation indescribably beautiful in its wealth of color and delicate tracery against the sky line. The streets, laid out in reguiar pattern, were wide and clean. At the right of the gobernador’s house, looking east, stood the church, a small chapel, and the college of San Juan de l.atran; at the left, between it and the plaza, were San Ramon quarters, the administrator's office, the pharmacy and the tribunal; on the southerly side of the plaza, the military hospital and prison. A few miles back of the town and its foothills rose the peak of Mount Tiniquio; and at the southwest the peninsula of Orote poked its nose into the ocean. I looked at Orote, its rocks and palm trees glowing red in the early sunrise, for several moments. It was to be the base and starting point of all my calculations. : A few of the natives were lazily sauntering into the church as I stepped across the square, and mass was just beginning. There was a girl‘ish form kneeling by the pillar nearest me, and I recognized Senorita Dorotea, who greeted me demurely as she rose from her devotions, expressing surprise and pleasure that I should have wakened early to attend mass. My appearance that morning was a fortunate one in several ways. Padre Bartolomeo was complimented, for one thing, and exhibited his satisfaction at my supposed Catholic tendencies by showing me what there was to be seen about the place as soon as the service was over.

After inspecting the college buildings and cloisters, we went through a narrow door into a room back of the chancel, where there were a number of votive images in wax, representing either miraculous escapes from violent death, recoveries from mortal illnesses, or the cures of foul diseases. Although it was as thoroughly unpleasant a collection as one could look upon, some horrid fascination induced me to examine many of the figures. One, for instance, was dressed in cotton breeches and shirt, over which gouts of blecod from a fearful knife cut in the side were flowing, the supposi. tion being that it represented the donor at a moment when the blessed Santa Catalina interfered in his behalf and enabled him to recover from a wound that would have killed an ox, exaggeration of the injury being presumably the essence of compliment to the blessed saint. Another recumbent figure had a gangrened sore over its wish bone that would have made death from blood-poisoning a certainty in a civilized country; yet the blessed San Ambrosio bhad attended to this little matter for the victim and had got him a barangay to collect from in the bargain; though, as it usually took the form of a remitted consideration in which Bartolomeo was the medium, no embarrassing recognition of the latter service appeared. Hanging upon the walls were arms with festering sores upon them, legs with slashes which laid them open to the bone, torsos rotting with leprosy, etc., each with its appropriate saint ticketed thereon. It didn’t occur to me at the time that I should have occasion toremember these things; so when Padre Bartolomeo lifted an iron trap in the floor, and descended a short flight of steps, I was more than willing to follow him without further examination.

The steps led to a series of vaults which seemed to be directly under tke chancel, some .of them being stored with various church appurtenances and others having the appearance of secret tribunals. I afterward learned -that in former days a faint reflection of the inquisition had given the island a nameless horror to sundry travelers between Acapulco and the Philippines —gobernadors who had grown too suddenly rich, and the like. The vaults were connected by narrow and foul passages, after going through several of which we came to a chamber that apparently served as the church catacomb. There were a number of niches around the walls, and in each was the mummified figure of a padre in a semireclining position, similar to those in the Capuchin cemetery at Rome; the cowls and gray robes indicated their connection with the Franciscan order, so I was not surprised at this; though, from Halstead’s story, I had expected to find the bodies inclosed in sarcophagi. _ While we were looking about the place, Padre Bartolomeo gave me a general introduction to the figures in the niches, as brothers who had held his position in former years. It wasan easy matter to appear interested—l was really afraid of seeming'too much so—and I asked the name of a venerable mummy with an iron-bound chest, rusted and blistered with age, resting upon hisattenuated stomach. “That is the blessed Fray Ignacio, senor,” he said, “the most worthy of all the brothers who have lived in the islands. Because of his great goodness and his labors among the natives, it was ordered by the lord bishop at Manila that he should forcver be the guardian of our sacerdotal records. We do not make history very rapidly here; so that box which he holds is sufficient to contain them all. Possibly, a hundred years from now, we shall construct for him a larger chest upon which he may recline.” {TO BE CONTINUED.] ; . An Expensive Trade. Mrs. Riley—What trade does your husband follow? Mrs. O’Shea—Sure, an’ he follers a barrer at prisint. When I married him he said he was a brass finisher, and he soon finished up every bit o’ brass I saved.—Pick-Me-Up, :

VICTIMS OF A STORM. Tcrnado Sweeps Through Central , Illinois. ' Len Pernons Killed and Over 100 Injured—Property Loss Estimated at 81,000,000 — Peoria and DBloemington Suffer,

Chicago, June 12.—Ten persons are known to have perished, scores were injured, hundreds of head of live stock killed,.and, roughly estimating, $1,000,000 damage done to farm and town property by a terrific storm. that swept a path 80 miles wide and nearly 200 miles long, through central Illinois, Tuesday night' and early Wednesday morning.

The tornado struck the richest portion of Illinois, devastating McLean county, the banner county of the United States in farm property, wiped balf a dozen hamlets off the earth, wrecked many buildings in Bloomington, Peoria, Lincoln, Champaign, Urbana, and a dozen other Illinois towns, demolished farmhouses over a wide area, blew down barns and outbuildings, ruined growing grain, tied up railroad traffic, and practically cut off the entire section from telegraph and telephone connection with the outside world for over 12 hours.

The list of dead probably is incomplete and there is no way of securing a complete list of the injured. Three boats plying on the Illinois river at Peoria are missing and are supposed to be at the bottom of the river.

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Yollowing is the result of the storm in tabulated form: : Lives Lost, At Kingston Mines.........v.deeeiniseiiaone. 3 AtMorton .00 s i Ln e D T s R R AtChampalgn ..., el 1 MOLAL .. iicin i i ke 10 Persons Injured. At Blopmington .i,.....i.oniibe. siia 10 AtMeErfia . oo oo i io et c el i 00 At Kingston Mines.. .. ...ogii v, 9 At Morton coiciaiiiaiviviioianintaice s ity - 8 At Peorla it iiiiiaiia sl atiiaets L Potal icova oo s S St A4B —. .. __ Property Loss, AtPeoria (i oo v it e 1 8150,000 At Bloomington ... .. 0 v ciiiiniiiie | 400;000 At Kingston Mines ............cccc.... . 40,000 At Morton oo il s ees 10000 At CHnton ... . i a i se s 200,000 AtChampallgn i .. v v il 5,000 AL METDR . ..o vt viiaisdavn i = 35.000 Farms, shade trees, etc.............. 350,000 Total ceoieniiiinniniiiiiiiinin.i...... 81,000,000 The path of the tornado is clearly marked. It extends from Macoupin county on the south to Livingston on the north, straight across the state to the Indiana line, where its fury was diwinished. Severe Storm in Minnesota, ; St. Paul, Minn., June 11.—A tornado of marked severity prevailed Tuesday evening over sections of Clay and Becker counties and across the southern portions of the White Earth Indian reservation. It is reported that 15 lives were lost, mamy people injured and great damage done to farm property, many dwellings, barns and out-

CAPTURE SAN FRANCISCO. Members of Imperial Council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Begin Annual Session, San Francisco, June 11.—The imperial council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine began its twenty-eighth annual session Tuesday morning in Golden Gate hall. The meeting was preceded by a parade, which, though intended merely as an escort for the jimperial officers, was quite an imposing display. : The opening session of the imperial council was begun with prayer and music. Illustrious Potentate Charles H. Murphy, on behalf of the California nobles, welcomed the pilgrims to the western oasis, and Mayor Schmitz spoke for San Francisco, extending the freedom of the city. At an executive session of the imperial council, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., was chosen as the place for holding the next annual meeting, on the second Wednesday in July, 1903. Corner Stone of University Laid. Springfield, 111.,, June 12.—The cornerstone of the James Milliken university, which is to be in charge of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. was laid Friday afternoon at Oakland park, Decatur, and the ceremonies were attended by thousands of people. The ceremonies were in charge of the grand lodge of Illinois masons, Gen. George M. Moulton, of Chicago, grand master, presiding. Rev. W. H. Penhallegon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Decatur, delivered the address of the occasion. United States Revenue Collector I. R. Mills presided. : Find Watery Graves, Kittanning, Pa., June 13.—Two men lost their lives and a third was probably fatally injured at Rosston Thursday afternoon in one of the saddest drowning accidents known in this vicinity. The dead are: Andrew Hileman, aged 55 years, married; Kirk Bailey, aged 19 years, single. The injured: Dwight Bailey, aged 43 years, married. : _, Whitelaw Reid Given Degree. Cambridge, England, June 11.—The degree of doctors of laws wagr conferred Tuesday afternoon on Whitelaw Reid, the special ambassador of the United States to the coronation of King Edward, by Cambridge university. :

buildings being destroyed. Grain was leveled by hail which followed the wind, but the crop is not far enough towards maturity to be seriously injured. Carried Ruin and Death, St. Paul, Minn., June 11.—A special to the Dispatch from Ulen, Minn., says: Acyclone formed five miles west of this place between four and five o’clock Monday afternoon, carrying death and desolation in its path. The area covered by the twister was onehalf mile wide and probably 20 miles long. It took a southeasterly course, demolishing 15 or more farm buildings. : Hundreds of head of stock were killed, and everything was swept as clean as if a fire had run over the stricken territory. : Tornado Sinks Steamer, Dubuque, la., June 13.—A tornado Thursday overturned and sank the steamer Ravenna, at Maquoketa chute, four miles up the river. The captain and three others were drowned. The steamer Tealrescued 15 men who clung to the bottom of the Ravenna. The dead are: Capt. John Hoy, aged 52, Stillwater, Minn.; Clerk Byron Trask, aged 42, Stillwater, Minn.; Louis Walker, aged 19, Rodes Landing; —— Dell, aged 23, La Crosse. Circus Tent Blown Down. Sigourney, la., June 13.—The main tent of the Harris Nickel Plate circus was blown down by a tornmado Thursday afternoon. Twenty-five people were injured. Miss Clara Campbell, aged 20, was hurt about the back and may not recover. Samuel Utterbeck was seriously injured in

the head. The injuries of the others were slight. The tent was crowded at the time of the accident. Death List Grovss. Bloomington, 111.,, June 13.—Wire communication through McLean county is being resumed and additional details of Tuesday night’s tornado are coming to light. One more death is ‘added to the list of McLean county victims. Cora Reynolds, two years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reynolds, residing east of Saybrook, was struck by flying missiles and her skull was fractured. Her mother was seriously injured, and lies in a critical condition, with little hope of recovery. Another child was picked up and carried to a field some distance away. The residence was completely demolished. A train of empty box cars on the Lake Erie & Western railway was carried three miles, colliding with an eastbound train near Elliott. At Elsworth, on the same road, a caboose was tgrned completely over, Conductor George Stevens of Rankin, was knocked unconscious. He is in a serious condition. The brakeman escaped with bruises. Another Cyclone Vietim,

Bloomington, 111., June 14.—The fifth victim of the recent cyclone died Friday. Miss Rebecca Freenen was prostrated by the partial destruction of her home, and died from heart failure.

- CHANGES ITS NAME. Michigan Maccabees to Be Known Hereafter as ‘“Knights of the Modern Maccabees.” Marquette, Mich.,, June 13.—The great camp Knights of Maccabees, for Michigan, on Thursday formally amended its constitution so that this state will no longer be the limit of the jurisdiction of the order. An active competition for members will be entered into- with fraternal organiza‘tions in other states. Except for one office, that of record-keeper, the Boynton faction, the so-called expansionists, controlled the election, Maj. N. S. Boynton being chosen commander. Thomas Watson was re-elected recordkeeper. The convention voted to change the name of the order to “Knights of Modern Maccabees,” in order not to confuse it with the supreme camp, a separate organization. It was also decided that hereafter no more than $50,000 of the funds of the order shall be deposited in any one bank, to ggard against defalcation such as has occurred in the Supreme camp. Alabama City Destroyed. Montgomery, Ala. June 14.—A special to the Advertiser from Opelika, Ala,, says: Alexander City, a place of 1,500 inhabitants, was wiped away Friday by fire, the loss reaching at least $750,000, which the insurance will not begin to cover. The flames began in the foundry and machine works, and the long period of hot, dry weather had well prepared the buildings of the little city for the rapid spread of the flames. A light wind was blowing, and with flerce rapidity the fire spread from building to building until the entire town was a seething mass of flames. Quay’s Candidate Wins, Harrisburg, Pa., June 12.—Pennsylvania Republican state convention at Harrisburg pledged itself to the renomination of President Roosevelt. Samuel W. Pennypacker, Quay candidate, was nominated for governor. Senator Quay was made. state chairman. Ball Player Dies, Taunton, Mass., June 14.—Timothy Donohue, a baseball catcher, who was under contract with the Washington American league club, died at his home in this city. He played several years with the Chicago National league team. . :

BOERS SURRENDERING.

Total of 16,500 Have Already Given Up—Gen. De Wet Has Enthusinstic Reception,

London, June 16.—Dispatches received here from South Africa show that the surrenders of Boers are proceeding with the greatest good will. The total of those who have already surrendered numbers 16,500, and the British are extending every possible kindness to the men who come in.

The appearance of Gen. De Wet at the camp at Winburg was the signal for a great display of enthusiasm. When he arrived at the camp Gen. De Wet was at once surrounded by thousands of Boer men, women and children, who struggled and clamored to shake the hand of their hero. Gen. De Wet mounted a table and delivered an address. He warmly applauded the stanch support that the women had given the burghers during the war which, he said, had greatly encouraged the men in the field. Continuing, Gen. De Wet recommended his hearers to be loyal to the new government, and said: *“Perhaps it is hard for you to hear this from my mouth, but God has decided thus. I fought until there was no more hope of upholding our cause, and however bitter it may be the time has now come to lay down our arms. As a Christian people, God now demands that we be faithful to our new government. Let us submit to His decision.” Neither Gen. DeWet nor Mr. Steyn, former president of the old Orange .Free State, was ever wounded during the war. Gen. DeWet has not seen his wife for two years. The repatriation committee, which has been formed to assist the Boers in returning to their farms, has a gigantic task before it. The concentration camps will be converted into supply depots to provide the returning burghers with the means to rebuild and re-stock their farms. The wives and families of tife Boers will, if desired, be maintained at the expense of the government while the burghers are preparing the farms for their reception. . Two thousand of the national scouts, who fought upon the British side during the war, will immediately be disbanded and each scout will be provided with a pony and enabled to return to his farm.

MEMORIAL ARCH DEDICATED. Confederate Dead in Ohio Cemetery Are Remembered by Northern Friends. Columbus, 0., June 16.—The unveiling and dedication of a memoria! arch to 2,250 confederate dead attracted 5,000 people from all parts of the country to this city Saturday. The arch was the gift of William 1. Harrison, of Cincinnati, a former citizen of Columbus. The dead soldiers were prisoners at Camp Chase, west of Columbus, during the war, and died in prison. For many years the little cemetery was neglected. Former President Hayes paid a farmer to keep the burial ground free from weeds. Former Gov. Foraker had the government enclose the spot with a stone wall. Several years-ago, Col. W. H. Knauss, a public-spirited local citizen and ex-federal soldier, instituted a yearly custom of decorating the graves. Mr. Harrison was not a soldier in either army, but was influenced in making his gift by sentiment. The ceremonies of Saturday were the most elaborate ever held. There were many ex-confederates present from all parts of the south, and there were many floral offerings from confederate camps in the southland. Among the speakers were Gov. Nash and Gen. John B. Gordon. The graves were decorated by the Ladies of the G. A. R. and the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Jumped from the Bridge. " New York, June 16.—A young man who was a passenger on a Brooklyn bridge car Sunday evening suddenly left his seat and sprang over the bridge rail into the river below. The body has not been recovered.. Those who noticed the man before he made the jump from the bridge say he was apparently about 27 years old and was well dressed. Policeman Dorn was the nearest person to him when he jumped. Dorn saw him alight from the car and, divining the stranger’s purpose, started after him. The stranger said: “Don’t you touch me,” and then erying out: “Goodby!” went over the rail into the river. - His body reappeared ounly onoe after the plunge. " Yale Defeats Princeton.

New York, June 16.—Yale defeated Princeton in the final game of the series for the intercollegiate baseball championship of 1902 at the Polo grounds Saturday by a score of 5 to 4. It was a well-played game throughout, although it toek two hours and fifty minutes to finish the nine innings. Five thousand people journeyed to the field to see the game and there were many women in the grand stand. College men from New Haven and Princeton were out in force and rooted for their respective teams and sang songs during the game. ‘ Acquitted, Ravenna, 0., June 16.—William N. Vaughn, who has been on trial for the last few days for the murder of his stepmother and her mother, was found not guilty at midnight Saturday, the jury declaring him ‘“not guilty, because of insanity at the time of the crimes.” : » Murdered by a Negro, Peru, Ind., June 16.—John Haines, a negro, of Wabash, shot and killed Clarence Gillespie, white, a steel worker, Sunday. Gillespie angered the negro by singing “Good-Morning, Carrie.” Alleged Counterfeiters Caught, Baltimore, Md., June 16. — United States secret service men, aided by local police, captured eight Italians, supposed to be members of a gang of counterfeiters who have operated in several parts of the country during the past few months. ' Great Audiences, Boston, June 16.—The annual communion services of the mother church of the Christian Science denomination in Mechanics’ hall Sunday were attended by about 13,000 people, 7,000 at the morning service and 6,000 during the afternoon.

Gossip of Summer Finery of Various Kinds

Charming Transparent Slips —Quaint and Attractive Millinery —Catchy Silk Coats. -

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eral representative elegantes for a studied simplicity. One gown there was that appealed {0 me instantly, as a creation assured of finding a fine “success.” The material expressing it was a perfect quality of black camel’s hair cloth, the skirt set in a series of broad box plaits, stitched down to within nine inches of the hem, and it was a trottoir skirt, by the way. Above came a little blouse coat, in the construction whereof the box plaits were repeated, while the fronts opened in an immaculate pouch, over a buff linen waistcoat, applied with spots of black linen, the smart V decollete filled in by-a stock tie of cream esprit net, small black Chantilly motifs ornamenting the ends. While for the waist was supplied a novel-shaped belt of bright

b e s'“-’:&*5%% N T o TR AT A R g( e {m 1} ?; (jv‘ﬁ & 2 2 B ey CERER 3 BB A CHARMING BL ACK TAFFETA ; | SACQUE COAT. : black leather. And for the crowning detail there was a charming Marquise toque of beige basket straw, its upturned brim, tempered to the face,by a black chrysanthemum straw lining, the crown carrying a light twist of vivid red ribbon velvet, caught either side by large jet cabochon, and eventually resolving itself into a great outspreading bow at the back. Then I saw a white cloth costume—a rather busy evolvement perhaps, but nevertheless distinctive. Busy, that is to say, so far as the coat was concerned. Indeed, the creation was chiefly coat, a long shaped basque to a blousee upper part, obliterating altogether the major portion of the plain skirt. The decorative piece de resistance, however, lay in a large squareshaped collar of pale blue silk apotted over, in celestial fashion, with graduated spots, a shaped embroidered belt of gold defining the waist. Though, even of more importance than the gowns, are the wraps and coats. While in no sort striking, or indicative of any particular original turn of thought, the three-quarter sacque coat, with the Talma sleeve is difficult to surpass in point of a smart workmanlike appearance, and after all this is the race wrap par excellence, since it is as easily carried as worn. Thanks, moreover, to an immense variety of tweeds and cloths; the most surprisingly effective productions, presenting herring-bone patterning, large line checks—very faintly suggested—ete., tp say nothing of many admirable

colorings and mixtures, there is every promise we shall be privileged to account these chic, and as eminently “convenable” to summer services. Nor strangely enough to our latterday taste and understanding, do these supremely sartorial evolvements strike the incongruous note one might justly imagine they would, worn over somie summeréivolity of muslin and frills. Wherefore are they to be taken into the best consideration by those whose dress allowance requires to be carefully and economically maneunvered. And who with less provoecation than a diminishing banking account might successfully repress a desire, to possess at least one of the more elaborate silk seductions, the which are being held in gentle abeyance to meet the exigencies of the midseason and Ascot.

Someone, if I mistakenot, murmured a desire to havea particular word writtenanentslips, preferably transparent slips of esprit net muslin. And it was a wish at,once so reasonable and so seasonable, and so conducive to providing employment for the handy sewing maid, to say nothing of the girl who aspires to being her own modiste—a most laudable aspiration by the way, where blouses are concerned, though not quite the simple task dreamt of by an untutored intelligence—that it was a very real pleasura for me to comply.—

The models picture veritable slips, “lovely limp concoctions; that one at the top of ring spotted cream net, box plaited, and set on to a yoke collar and front piece of stitched ‘“‘ciel” blue glace, with chemisette of cream guipure. The other, a dainty thing of pale mauve white spotted muslin relieved by a fine embroidered lawn, in one of the new medallion patterns, a further pleasing motive to be remarked being the ‘“treillage” tucking at the top of the vest piece, a nice bit of workmanship that betokens the fingers of much delicacy and taste. A perfectly charming sacque taffeta coat is that depicted in black with “Amande” green Venetian satin facings and great collar of coarse beige lace. = : The very acme of daintiness in summer gowns for evening wear has been revealed recently in the pretty white mousseline hand painted in some design of flowers arranged to accord with the special style and cut of the gown. The painting, if it is all that fashion intends it to be, is beautifully done, and roses in white and delicate tints are the favored flowers, sometimes in trailing design over the tunie overdress, and again decorating the deep flounce, headed by a scarf of mousseline caught across with crescent forms covered with brocaded silk or with little barbs of lace, two short ends falling from each crossing. The special beauty and elegance of these gownsis that they show individu'al design and are not painted promiscuously all over. In one model the ruffles below the tunic are quite plain with the exception of the lace on the edge. Alencon beinga favorite variety for trimming mousseline, and a bunch } of roses is painted at one side of the low-cut bodice, trailing a bit over the sleeve as if it were pinned on. White Chantilly is another pretty lace for this sort of frock, striping the upper skirt in vertical lines, between which rosebud sprays are painted. It is with this sort of gown that the lace evening coats are to be shown at their best as soon as the weather will per‘mit. For Casino wear at the fashionable summer resorts there can be nothing more exquisitely dainty and elegant. : ELLEN OSMONDE. ° What Alligators Eat, More than once curious things have been found in the stomach of a shark, but never has such an extaﬂiordinary collection been found as was discoyered recently in the stomach of an alligator. This alligator was killed in the Soudan and was more than 12 feet in length. In its stomach were discovered 85 stones, several bird’s claws, two human finger nails and three hoefs of_ a donkey, to one of which a piece of" rope was attached.—St. Louis Repube lic. : That “Western Senator.” That “western senator” who got drunk at a dinner in Washington and destroyed $5OBO wort% of his host’s property, says the Chicago RecordHeraid, must have been very western. . Real Aggravating, Jack—Wasn’t that a mean scandal about Ethel? There wasn’t a word of truth in it. 3 Edithb—Wasn’t that mean.—Judge. -